Crime

This week, Gilroy Police responded to incidents that included pants theft, drunk in public, assault and identity theft. Here are a few of those incidents:

Two former officials of the Mexican American Community Services Agency known as MACSA, the community organization which used to run the El Portal Leadership charter school in Gilroy, pleaded guilty to fraudulently using employees’ retirement savings for unauthorized expenses Friday.

Police are looking for two unidentified suspects who allegedly stole cash, lottery tickets and cigarettes during an armed robbery of a Morgan Hill convenience store late early Thursday morning. 

Morgan Hill and San Jose police caught up to a man with $1.6 million worth of warrants out for his arrest, after he fled a traffic stop last week, authorities said. 

Harassment

This week Gilroy Police responded to a variety of crimes, including pit bull attacks, burglaries, assaults and forgery.

Police found a handgun and a wanted felon when they checked on a man slumped over the steering wheel of a parked car outside a McDonalds restaurant, authorities said. 

A preliminary hearing for five young men accused of killing Sobrato High School freshman Tara Romero, 14, in a Nov. 4, 2011 drive-by shooting was continued to a later date Monday, authorities said. 

Investigators from the Gilroy Police Department Anti-Crime Team on Saturday arrested Joshua Williams, 23, for multiple charges related to weapons and drugs.

The pickup truck driver pursued by authorities for more than 30 minutes Tuesday from Hollister to Gilroy escaped on foot, but the investigating sheriff’s office reported that it might have a positive identification on the suspect.